B&G Started incubating ?

[MacawWILD]

Does it just take time for them to get into the swing of things? i have heard that some pairs take years before they get it correct?

 

[Mayden]

I wonder if there's any way of 'vet testing' who is fertile and who isn't? Maybe one of your birds isn't able to actually breed...

Make sure youre keeping her calcium supply up if she's laying frequently.

 

[MacawWILD]

I didnt say all the eggs, but ok..

We're they a proven pair? Did you get them checked by a vet?

Before i put the together Vet checked they and said they were healthy and looked great.

 

[SpotsandSally]

Well sounds like a fertility thing on the males side. Clip both of their vent feathers close to the skin (be careful not to hurt them,but take out a good chunk of feathers) if you haven't yet. It usually works.
Have you seen them mating? Does it look like they understand or are they flopping over each other, LOL?

 

[MacawWILD]

I wonder if there's any way of 'vet testing' who is fertile and who isn't? Maybe one of your birds isn't able to actually breed...

Make sure youre keeping her calcium supply up if she's laying frequently.

Yes she gets plenty of calcium. They seem very happy.
I was told they were a proven pair but from what i was told at a bird show is that some people lie and no one really would sell a proven pair. If two birds are breeding and doing well why would you sell them?
I was to hand feed baby macaws so bad. I feel foolish to keep chasing this strange dream. This is what i enjoy.

 

[MikeyTN]

Like the people at the bird fair told you and I've said it before, they don't always tell the truth when they said they're fertile pair, usually one of them have issues with fertility. If you want to you can clip the vent feathers like Spots says but it's a 50/50 chance of success depending on if one of them is infertile. I have a pair that's infertile so I use them as foster parents as one of my pairs isn't good parents.

 

[MacawWILD]

Well sounds like a fertility thing on the males side. Clip both of their vent feathers close to the skin (be careful not to hurt them,but take out a good chunk of feathers) if you haven't yet. It usually works.
Have you seen them mating? Does it look like they understand or are they flopping over each other, LOL?

I have never seen them mate, had a IP cam on them for a while

Going to clip the feathers around the vent . Thank you for sharing

So awesome to have people help share information